Trading Mark Melancon was not one of the more popular moves made by the Pirates in recent seasons.Regardless of what they said publicly, most of the Pirates鈥� players were not happy about the July 30 deal that sent the three-time All-Star closer to the Washington Nationals for left-handed ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� Josh Harrison and Adam Frazier each had four hits, Sean Rodriguez homered and had four RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates spoiled Brett Anderson鈥檚 return with a five-run first inning in an 11-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.Rodriguez had a three-run homer and ...
Clint Hurdle is already considered one of the best managers in Pirates鈥� history, though he has been on the job less than six full seasons.Under Hurdle, the Pirates broke their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons, which remains the longest in major North American professional sports ...
Clint Hurdle is already considered one of the best managers in Pirates鈥� history, though he has been on the job less than six full seasons.Under Hurdle, the Pirates broke their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons, which remains the longest in major North American professional sports ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� It has been added to those mysterious set of baseball鈥檚 unwritten rules 鈥� every closer must have an entrance song accompanied by a scoreboard video.The Pirates鈥� Tony Watson has been in the closer鈥檚 role for a little more than a week. However, the left-hander has pitched ...
Mark Melancon is gone but he shouldn鈥檛 be forgotten.The Pirates traded their closer to the Washington Nationals on July 29 for left-handed reliever Felipe Rivero and a minor leaguer.One has to stop short of calling Melancon the greatest relief pitcher in the history of a franchise that has ...
